netdev - Re: [PATCH] arm driver net macb

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Message-ID: <4C80FB05.1040706@atmel.com>
Date:	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:41:25 +0200
From:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
To:	Paul Chavent <paul.chavent@...c.net>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, jkosina@...e.cz,
	richard.cochran@...cron.at, jpirko@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm driver net macb

Le 02/09/2010 22:40, Paul Chavent :
> When listing processes on a system with SOFT/HARD_IRQ enabled, the name
> of the ethernet device is [irq/eth%d] (instead of [irq/eth0] for example).
> 
> This patch call the request_irq function after having initialized the
> name of the device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Chavent <paul.chavent@...c.net>

[..]

> @@ -1214,13 +1281,23 @@
>  	err = register_netdev(dev);
>  	if (err) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot register net device, aborting.\n");
> -		goto err_out_free_irq;
> +		goto err_out_iounmap;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (macb_mii_init(bp) != 0) {
>  		goto err_out_unregister_netdev;
>  	}
>  
> +	dev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
> +	err = request_irq(dev->irq, macb_interrupt, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM,
> +			  dev->name, dev);
> +	if (err) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR
> +		       "%s: Unable to request IRQ %d (error %d)\n",
> +		       dev->name, dev->irq, err);
> +		goto err_out_unregister_netdev;
> +	}
> +

The string is modified in register_netdev() so why don't you deal 
with IRQ just after it? I would have placed the code snippet 
before macb_mii_init(): what do you think about this?

Best regards,
-- 
Nicolas Ferre

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